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Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-04
Coughs First Temperance
 Speech.

Ina New York letter to the Troy Times the writer thus alludes to the late John B. Cough, the gifted temperance orator: Cough was probably the most gifted ora. tor the world ever saw: at any rate, we have no record of any other man who had equal power over an audience. This was a born gift which was as great surprise to himself as to others. The last time l met him l referred to the time he made his first temperance speech, and the alluslon brought q smile to his wearied counte- nance. He then gave me some additional information on the sub. ject, and the incident may be men, toned as follows: Cough had been drinking and got out of work (book binding), and, in fact, had sunk to so low a condition that he was obliged to keep his ragged coat buttoned and pinned as closely as possible so as to conceal the lack of a shirt. While in this cOndi. tiOn he was led to enter temper ance meeting, and beIug very cold he got as near the stove as possi. ble. During the meeting an op. portunity was offered for volun. teer remarks, and the poor loafer felt moved to venture few words. In a short time the whole house was electrified, and the cry was heard "Fetch him out" "Put him on the stand," etc, but Cough dld not dare move lest the coat should burst and disclose his condition. He continued to speak until bodi- ly excitement and the heat of the stove threw him into violent perspiratiOn. The sweat streamed down his face. his body trembled and his tale of misery moved all to tears. Such was Coughs ell. trance into public oratory, and they cl eaned him up and he be- came the world renowned apostle of temperance. Painful as this memory may have been, Cough always loved to allude to it. IL was the crisis in his life.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-04
A CONFEDERATE NOTE.

Written on the back of $500 note pre- scnted to Miss Anna Rush, of Philadelphia. by the author Major $. A. Joncs, Editor of the Aberdeen Miss Examiner. These lines were published for the first time in the Montgomery Advertiser, in September. 1865 Representing nothing on Gods earth now.
 And nnught in the water below it. As the pledge of nation that's dead and gone
 Keep 1t. dear friend. and show it. Show it to those that will lend an ear
 To the tale that this trifle will tell, Of Liberty born of il patriots dream,
 Of Il storm-cradled nation that fell Too poor to possess the precious ores,
 And too much of n stranger to borrow, She issued to-day her promise to pay, And hoped to redeem on the morrow. The days rolled on. and weeks became years,
 But our cotfers were empty still; Coin was so scarce that the Treasury quaked,
 If a dollar should drop in the till. But thc faith that was in Us was strong indeed
 And our poverty well we discerned; And this little check represents the pay
 That our suffering veterans earned. We knew it had hardly value in gold
 Yet as gold our soldiers received it; It cazed in our eyes with a PROMISE to pay,
 And every patriot soldier believed it. But our boys thought little of price or pay, Or the bills that were overdue, We knew if il bought our bread to-day,
 Twas the best our poor country could do. Keep it, it tells our history over,
 From the birth of the dream to the last Modest and born of the angel Hope,
 Like our Hope of success, IT PASSED.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-04

At a honse in Ohio where d min. ister was boarding, the servant girl was anxious to anticipate ev- erything in her work that any one wished her to do Sine had al ways '.just done it," or was 'Just doing it' whan any order was giv- ell. This amused the yonng divine greatly, and on one occasion he thought to nonplus the girl by Il ruse. II don't think Eliza has washed my Bible since l have been here,n he said to the mistress in d low tone, but designed to be over heard by the girl. A few minutes later the mistress said to her in the presence Oi the clergyman: Eliza. have you washed MT. Blanks Bibles" No, ma'am but Pve got it in soak"
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-04
A Warm Appeal.

Do you owe anything? If you do you will kindly get up and hnmp yourselves: hustle around and send us, if not all you owe. a, least a part. There is limit to even ah editors endurance. 1t costs money to print paper-ink costs money, the wearing away of the gray tissues of the brain is purchased.
 Some people may he able to ex. ist on snow balls, and during the siege of Paris hundreds of people lived On broth, the nOurishing qualities Of which were drawn from boiled skate-straps. We can't do it, we have tried it.
 As we sit in our frozen office meditatively breaking icicles of the ink bottle we think about these things; we have to.
 If you don't want our paper, say so: we don't want to cram it down any body's throat. but we hate To keep on sending it toa lot of old barnacles who owe since the year one.
 Because you are far away in your fancied security, don't think for moment that you are to he free from remOrse. We have hired a demon at an enOrm0u sal, ary, who has contracted to haunt each and every delinquent snb- scriber until he makes good his deficiency. The demon starts on his tour this week, and takes with him a bundle of one thousand.mile tickets, a sand club and our best wishes. Colorado Miner.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-04

tai accident to thlS mans Wlte that day. It was strange proceeding altogether. Secretly lie called oth- CTS to look at his customer. One knew him financially he was all right.
 "And the rest is none of our bus. iness," said the manager, as he saw the bundle of splendor carried down stairs after Jonas Pray.
 They spoke of him as a miser, in the paper. That is a pretty pur- chase for a mser."
 Meanwhile Jonas was driven to his home. From the door tloated long streamers of black crape. No sweet face smiled a greeting. Car rying the shawl under his arm he went up stairs to :he darkened room, where under straight folds of white drapery seemed 10 lay the form of his wife, A watcher sat there; he sent her away; and then, alone in the room, he knelt down beside the bier.
 "Sara," he said, "Sara, can you hear me! l loved you Sara, but l was such a miser-such a miser, but fve bought you a shawl at last. Oh! Sara, Sara! I paid as much for it as I could, my dear. You shall be wrapped in it in your coffin;
 At that instant a voice cried; "Oh. Jonas, Jonas, dear! Oh, my poor JOnasw
 And turning he saw his wife, either in the spirit or in the flesh, standing behind him. His knees trembled under him. But the fig. ure came closer. It was no ghost, hut living woman, and she took him in her arms.
 "Oh, how ill you lock-" she said. "Did you really love me so! And this is all my fault. l went to my sisterin-law's, and there in a fret
 Oh, l was SD angry, JOnas--I gave away my dress, my shawl and my bonnet 70 beggar woman, and vowed to sit in my sisters dress ing gowns until you gave me de. cent clothes to come home in. And the poor woman, who was tipsy, too, my dear, was killed two hours afterwards, and never knew she had been taken for me until this morning. Oh, such a dirty creat. ure, my dear, the papers described her. And for little while 1 was glad you had a fright, but I am sor- ry now that 1 was"
 For an answer he picked up the costly shawl and wrapped it about her. and took her, folded in it like a mummy, ln his arms.
 "The miser is dead." he said, "but Jonas Pray will show his wife how he can cherish her."
 He did; and if wards Sara detected symptoms of relapse, all she had to do was to wrap her. self in the wonderful shawl. The sight of it inevitably recalled the moment when he learned how lit. tie, after all, is the value of money. He may indeed love his money yet. but he knows tbat he loves his Sara more.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-04
Bad BlO5d al Brunswick, Ga.

have tried B. B. B. and found it great thing for the blood. l also had rheumatic pains and the use of one bottle of B. B. E. has done the work, but l will finish up on the second bottle as clintcher. May God spread it to everyone is my prayer:
 W. R. ELLIS. Brunswick. Ga. April 2S, lssG.
 All who desire full information about .he cause and cure of Blood Poisons, Scrofula and Scrofulous Swcliugs, Ulcers, Sores. Rheumatism, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh, etc, can secure by mil, free, n copy of our 32-page Illustrated Book of Wonders, filled with the most wonderful and startling proof ever before known.
 Address, BLOOD BALM co,
 Atlanta, Ga. For sale by II. Moncricf X Bro; J. 0. Howell, and Jno. NJ. Milburn Prescott. Ark.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-04
JONAS PRAY'S WIFE;
 Ok How a Miser Was Cured.

Jonas Pray was born stngy; he hid his sweet meats from his little brothers when he was child. an( smoked his cigars alone, when he was young man.
 By the time he was forty, he was a very rich man, though he lived as plainly as ever. and some how about that age the first ten der feelings crept into his heart He fell in love with buxom good tempered young woman, named Sarah Woolwich and offer ed himself to her.
 He was not an ill.looking man, and when he chose could make himself agreeable. Sarah liked him and accepted him.
 Jonas meant to be liberal with her. but after d brief honeymoon his old habits resumed their sway, and at last, the second winter of their married life coming on. Sarah found that all her remarks abouther shabby summer hat had no effect whatever, and that she might wait a long time without having such a thing as a comfortable cloak sug. gested to her. She had been a poor girl and had no trousseau to speak of. and she found it neces. sary to put her pride in her pock- ct and ask for what she needed. It was hard enough for wife to do that, but to be refused was something she had not calculated on.
 She knew that her husband had large bank account-that there was no reason why she should not be dressed as well as any lady in the land. But when she had said, playtully;
 Jonas, shall I buy myself some wiuter things to-day! l need a shawl dreadful,' he had answered:
 "l thought you were too scnsl- ble woman to run after the fash ions, Sarah: l am sure you have very decent things that you might wear long time yet"
 "Jonas, dear" she said, "l don't want to be unreasonable, but look at these: see how shabby they are. They were nice when we were married, but they were cheap, and cheap things fade so. l have made everything l had do for two years 1 did not like to ask you for clothes. You know you gave me two pair of gloves in our honey moon; l have them still"
 "What a good, careful girl, v said Jonas, caressiug her dark hair, as she came and sat on a low stool beside him.
 "Yes it is my nature to be care ful," said Sarah, "Few rich meTS wives would have done so much. Now, look at these things my dear"
 Jonas looked. There came q time aftcrward when if seemed to him that the faded tint of that shawl, it's dingy palm leaves "t yellow brown, and the wilted flow CTS and shabby ribbons of the hat were scared into his brain. He knew that hIs wife was reasonable and that the things were, and long had been, unfit for her to wear. But his money tngged al his heart strings.
 After while his wife got her old bonnet and shawlan said:
 "Jonas, I am going to spend the day with my sister-in law, but l
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-04
BLOOD OF A TEXAN.

For six yenr- | have been afflicted with blood poison, which continued to increase, while physicians were attempting to cure me. One bottle of E. E. B. has mnde me feel like a new man, and am now lapldly recovering. W. II. DAVIS.
 San MorcaS, Texas, May 3, 1886.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-05-04

A girl, being bantered one day by some of her female friends in regard to her lover, who had the misfortune to have but one arm replied "l whould'nt have a man with two arms, they're too com. mOn."
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-19
FIshermon Going to AIa,kn.

Some 600 or 200 fishermen Of New
ioundland have decided to cmigratc,
Ing TO tho distress caused by the failure
OF Labrador and Newfoundland fisheries
n tho i'll feeling e%ngendcred by inter-
national complications, md will proba-
bly, locate fisheries on the Chouinaign
and Alcutian Islands OF Alaska. These
islands are in tho immediate vicinity of
tho Goldfish banks OF Alaska, and there Is
no reason why Newfoundland men can
not make their new homes upon thom.
climate Is no worse than that Of their
present homes, while tho surply az 6sb
Is reported to bc immense. On Cuecn
Charlotte and other islands in British Co
lumbar waters there will bc room for
many families. The waters of tho sound
and In the vicinity OF the United States
boundary line TEEN with black cod md
halibut.-Frank Laslie's.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-19
Il icndship.
From I'crdS Sirtn1s,l

Dc subject oh dis ebenin's dis.
course am Friendship.
De genuine article am becoming
skcrsur and skurser cherry year. Az
a general ding dc fren indeed am
dc fren in need, and dc fust ding
yer knows he strikes yer for II quar-
ter.
lei yer has Il fren and yer wants
ter keep him, yer must nebber ask
him ter befrcn yer ut his own OK
pense. Ef yer has d~isngreeakle
from, yer mus treat 'em as YER does
yer corns. Cutting en- am de only
remedy.
j Onct had a dear fren, n member
oh dis congrcgashun. He borrow.
twenty dollars, and he hasn't paid
hit back yit. Dat busted our friend
ship, and hit has ncbber been de
same cnce. a broken friendship
may be sol Tered up, but hit will al
lcrs show do crack. IN dc words
oh Brcr Opie Read, oh dc Arkan.
saw Trnbbler, Yer kin impose on
yer enemy and no won't think
much about it, but when yer Inn
poses on Il dear from he's dun wild
yer fer life.
Perhaps you has notised dat a
man sllcrs quarrcls wild his friens
lie don't had no fuss ter speak of
wild 'om, but he am sure ter ha ~
row wild some denh, deah frcn.
knowcd II man who nebber went
went back on n frcn, bekase he neb-
Der had one. He tole me that he
only frcn who stuck ter him I'm
prosperity and adversely wus-a
bottle OF mucilage.
III yer wants help, nebbcr po tor
yer r~elaShun. You may forgit yor
pore rclashun, but you can count
ON yer poro potassium nebbcr for
gettin you, onl0s, 1t be for Rit&in
yer In dar debt. H.ah! heah! hcahI
wa money comes pore rclnshun,
but pore rolashun nebher come
wild money. OATS one OBJ de rule,
dat don't work bofc ways. SelaI,!
Ef yer believes yor has q fren, ef
yer wants to keep him, don't be too
candid wild him. / has kuowcd
men who was always more candid
In der talk wild der frens dan dey
was wid.dcr enemies.
IN regard ter. enemies, dc rent
nooH says yer mus Tub '.rn.U on,t
II an enemy libhin next do, r II r
me, nnttl dubbed him so much dat 1
CUB his little boy.,;, drum.
III Yer htS AZ rnrmy-and chcry.
oodS has lots oh 'rm-,lon't try t :
ilJurr III n. Daps hirharnu.; iIl; IL
yer want to make him sick q mu,'
hr successful in s,mr undertaken
wmar n has predicted yer would
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-19
OUR REASONS.

n farmer suggested to THE ADJ
NERTISEH last week, that we had
better "go SLOW" on the subject of
II Cotton Seed Oil Mill.
Some persons are evidently la-
boring under All erroneous idea
with regard to this subject. We
advocate the building Of this mill,
because we need factories Ct all
kinds, but principally on the ground
that it is directly in the interest Of
the growers of cotton that it should
be built here. Thousands OF bush.
els OF cotton seed leave this place
and all the stations on our three
railroads daily. They are bought
up by agents of the mills Of Angus
tn, Charleston, Columbia, Grccn-
vile and other places, when the
oil, which has been proved by
chemical analysis worthless az a
fertilizer, is extracted, and the hulls
sent back to the farmers for fcrtiIi-
zers. Now it is not q fnc-spun
theory, but n fact, substantiated BY
everyday evidence, that in the
immediate vicinity ofthcsc mill
more cotton seed is used as n fcrti-
ilzer than in sections remote from
II Mills. The plan is simply this:
~ farmer brings his seed to Tho
mill, and after being paid in cash
Tor the oil, takes his meal home.
which not only contains al TINT il
variable to him on the farm, out in
shape which makes it more avail
able for the purpose. 1t is acknow.
iedged that the oil actually detracts
rom the fe%rtilizing qualities of tho
seed. This is the ground upon
which Il advocacy Of these mill.
rests. The fact is the cotton seed
is going out Of tho country as fast
rs 1t can be taken from tho lint.
and 100 trans per week can carry
~. \ mill at l.aurcns would stop
ih!s. n place the fertilizer which
the farmer needs mt his very door.
besides giving II factory which
would pay handsome dividends. il
we count the experience Of similar
enterprises elsewhere wo. tn any
ling.
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ton. In consequence, the,
bic for the negro vote was almost
disgraceful and now it appears that
Spartanburg, disregarding the
warning, Is in n similar phi. Int
When the better class of citi::Ans
lose interest in elections and refuse
to give the small amount of time
and attention necessary to keep in
tact The local democratic club, they
may be sure of such results. Hav-
ing no regular ticket i'm the field,
with the sanction Of the dcmCc:at.
ic party, in Spartanburg, the "IIoo-
veritcs" have gained strength from
the prohibitionists and present II
fOrmablc combination against the
present council, who have given
universal satisfaction.
No good can result from a diVi-
sion Of the white citizens Of u town
in such an election.
The question Of license has been
settled by an overwhelming vote,
and tho present divisions represent
no differences on issues which
might affect the prosperity Of tho
city.
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ABOST

mere IS no doubt but that the
OBJECT Of government is to pro-
tect the weak, but we do not no.
lohS TO that class of persons, who
imagine that "all the ills which
nesh and blood arc heir ton can ba
cured by Legislative enactment. nor
Go we hold that our Saloons ore
responsible for the impoverished
condition OF the farmers of tbi.,
tate. At the same time, farmers
as wen rs mcn in other a~vocations
can feel the effects Of laws unon
thelr business. Asa matter OF
Justice, ana for the benefit OF
mat class for whose protection gov
erhment was instituted, we submit
that some limit should be n1aced
10 the power of mortgages. An cx-
animation Ofthe records shows an
immense number of chatt eI mortu-
ages, covering in most instance,
the mule or horse upon which the
FARMER who is so circumstanced 10
10 nc compelled to give this mort
cages, depends to make q cron
lheSe mortgages give the absolute
power of foreclosure whenever the
creditors sees TT to make the lew
iithe debtor should fail to make
payment when he gathers his
Inc mortgage is left until in the
spring. Then while he is busy
Piowing,--prcparing his ground for
another year, the Constable comes.
what we want is n law which will
forbid the foreclosure OF n cbottel
mortgage between the Ist of March
ana ID LIST Of October, except in
ease OF fraud. Such q law win in.
lure no one, but will save MANY q
poor mas who finds himself brokep
1p unexpectedly, when he begins
MS Planting, or is busy in cultiya-
ting his crop.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-19
Novel Drinking GInsses.

A novel fashion at seaside resorts this
season has been the introduction among
very rich women OF n drinking glass
especially designed for tho purpose OF
imbibing tho particular kind or kinds OF
mineral water that milady affects. These
| glasses, the first of which was, of course,
imported from Paris, arc of various de-
signs more or less elaborate, some OF
them revealing the most exquisite work.
manship. They are fastened to q gold
or silver chain and worn dangling from
the belt. The custom, which Is n new
one, is naturally in danger of being car
ricd to excess and serving as an excuse
for vulgar display. This is true Of all
new fashions; but, on the other hand, It
cannot he denied that a private and clc-
giant glass from which to quaT sulphur
or Hawthorne water is vastly more de-
sirablc and agreeable than drinking the
same liquids out of II coarse tumblcr that
has been pressed by the lips Of thousands
of tho common herd.
And since the imagination plays so
large a role in our actual experiences, It
may be questioned whether the obnoxious
flavors of mineral waters generally would
not Ike materially modified for tho better
by tho prolonged use of these individual
aesthetic glasses. We all know that
champagne taken out of n tin cup or n
tooth mus becomes at once insipid and
disagrecallc. From a logical standpoint,
therefore, and in inverse ratio, oven sui
phur water might become palatablc in
proportion to the magniiiccncc Of the
drinking glass. At Saratoga n lady well
known in New York city has ono Of
those glasses that is II marvel Of art. II
l. m&de Of the thinncst and purcst crystal
IN i:e shape of an ordinary tumbler.
Around the edge is n double row of tur-
quJi - set in Il gold rim, and below this
p number Of tiny diamonds. Tho chain
kl"l attaches this costly trinc to tho
wr@rrr's side is of alternating links of
,m,lr'oscd gold and deep blue enamel,
ais" inlaid with jewels. Strange to say,
tho lady * hardly satisfied with it, how
eyer. and thinks of sending abroad for
0ro II Yet greater pricc.-Clara LAMA in
k+lI-as City Journal.
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The MCGOWAN Reunion.
t.thbcri{le Mrtiium.l

Charles F.. Watson, Of Urccnville,
was q Lieutenant i'm Go. B Orr's
Rifles. He graduated at this Cit.i-
del and was an officer Of such ex-
ceptional merit and gallantry that
he was specially detailed as an Of
ticcr Ofthc battalion OF sharpshoO-
tiers Of McGowan's Brigade. In
this responsible and honorable p0-
sition he met tho expectations Of
his friends and gained n distinction
that was an honor to himself and
this his native county. or the reu-
ion Of McGowan Brigade he writes
to us as follows:
Let us have Il reunion OF Mellow
ans Brigade by all i think
such Il meeting would do us all
good in many ways. We must
meet and fight the battle over, II we
expect our children to learn tho
true military history from 1861 to
1865. We r proud of it, and it
must 60 down to all time.
Yeurs truly,
G.. f. WATSON.
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LAURENS s. c., Get. 10, 1887.
ITinis,

AS tho controversy which has been
going on for the past several weeks DO
tween this newspaper and the Laurcns
ApyERTIsEE must ave become tire
come to the readers of tho same, and as
the public ito which tribunal wo cont
dently lcavo our case is in possession OF
the whole matter at issue, tho same
ground having boon repeatedly gone
over by both sides; and rs wo see Moth
Ing in h article relating to us in the last
ISSUE OF said paper deemed worthy OF our
attention, having already moro than
once contradictod tho chicT of tho SOY oral
fa~lsehoods which haro appeared from
time to time therein, wcprnposc to cease
the wranSlc, so far as we arc concerned,
or so far us those columns arc concerned.
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